Six on Saturday 11-4-26

Quite some weather this week. We started with Storm Dave, which was very wet, very windy, but didn’t do too much damage. Then a few more frost nights, then a very disappointing 12 degC in what promised to be a mini-heatwave (apparently it was 25 degC in parts of England). But I guess that IS why the Scottish spring is so beautiful, it is long, cool and slow. The blossoms unfold one after another, the spring bulbs fight the wind. Here’s some of that flavour for this week’s #SixOnSaturday

WOW….my all time favourite flower of the year. I wish you could hear the bees buzzing round the blossoms on my wonderful Japanese cherry. Magnificent!

Despite the wind and rain, daffodils of various varieties are bobbing along in the sunshine, and giving me plenty of pickings for vases in the house.

One of my favourite narcissi is Thalia, there is something so pure and beautiful about the pure white flowers with slim, yet sturdy, trumpets.

I don’t know the name of this multi-headed little gem, but it has really wonderful scent.

This year I planted mixtures of different tulips in pots. I must say I’m very pleased with this yellow and red mix, with different structures. When the sun comes out, so to the flowers for a blast of spring warmth.

And last this week, by 2nd-best-ever plant in the garden is also in full bloom. A huge magnolia near my legs beds. An ancient form of tree I believe, yet a wonderful icon of the season.

That was my joy-of-spring best this week. I loved collecting the images and taking a slow stroll round the cool garden. Hope you liked my selection. Thanks to those leaving comments on the blog. I do read them all, keep them coming. And do join in with #SixOnSaturday. All you need to do is find 6 things in your garden to show us. Then post on social, or add a link at Jim’s blog below. For regulars, our organiser is Jim at https://gardenruminations.co.uk/. And I’m on mastodon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot

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